# trai
## Friulian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tragere, from Latin trahere.

### Verb

trai (past participle trat)
* (transitive) to throw; to dash
* (transitive, intransitive) to shoot, to fire

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtraj/

### Contraction

trai
* (dated) Contraction of tra i.

### Verb

trai
* inflection of trarre:
** second-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Rita, arti, atri, irta, tari, tarì, tira

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾaj/ [ˈtɾaɪ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɾaj/
* Hyphenation: trai
* Rhymes: -aj

### Verb

trai
* inflection of trair:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Back-formation from trăi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /traj/

### Noun

trai n (uncountable)
* living

#### Descendants

* → Romani: tràjo (“life”)

## Tocharian B

cardinal numbers :
| Previous: | wi |
| Next: | śtwer |

### Alternative forms

* trey

### Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *treyä, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Tocharian A tre.

### Numeral

trai
* three

### References

* Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “trai”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 339-340

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [t͡ɕaːj˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʈaːj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʈaːj˧˧]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *p-laːl (“man, male”).

#### Alternative forms

* (originally inland Northern Vietnam) giai
* (coastal Northern Vietnam, likely obsolete) lai
* (minced oath based on Northern dialects, nonstandard orthography) zai

#### Noun

trai • (𤳆, 𪩭, 𤳇)
* (collective) boys and men
    con trai ― boys
* (collective, informal, colloquial) gigolos; male prostitutes
    làm trai ― to be a gigolo

##### See also

* anh trai
* em trai
* trai bao
* trai gái
* trai tân

#### Adjective

trai
* (only in fixed expressions, of people) male
    Synonym: nam
    anh trai ― an older brother
    em trai ― a younger brother
    con trai ― a son / boys
    cháu trai ― a grandson / a nephew
    bác trai ― a man who's presumably slightly older than one's parent
    bạn trai ― a young male friend / a young boy or man / a boyfriend

#### Usage notes

* Unlike other kinship terms, bác is gender-neutral when used to address a senior stranger, therefore it could be accompanied by trai or gái for clarification.

#### See also

* gái

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

(classifier con) trai • (𧕚, 𧍍)
* a mussel

##### Derived terms

* ngọc trai
* trai vằn

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Middle Welsh trei, from Proto-Celtic *trāgi (“low tide, beach”). Cognate with Old Irish tráig (“shore, strand; ebb tide”).

### Noun

trai m
* ebb tide

#### Derived terms

* llanw a thrai (“ebb and flow”)
* treio (“to ebb”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “trai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies